Soap-holder



(No' Model.)

' W. I'. MORRISON.

SOAP HOLDER.

No. 373,471. Patented Nov. 22, 1887.

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VILLIAM F. MORRISON, OF BUOYRUS, OHIO.

SOAP-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,471, date-l November 22, 1887.

Application led March 26, 185,7. Serial No. 232,553.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. MORRISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bucyrus, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soap-Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will en able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which forni a part of this specification.

This invention relates to soapholders which are designed to be attached to tubs or other vessels for receiving soap and having it within convenient reach, yet out of the Way.

The object of the invention is the production of a holder which can be easily and cheaply constructed, will comprise few parts, and have a minimum numberof joints.

The improvement consists in having the sides, bottom, and hook of the holder coinposed of a single piece which has offsets formed in the sides diametrically opposite to each other for supporting the drain-plate, and in having the drain-plate connected with the holder by a wire keeper which extends over the edge of the holder and has its ends secured upon opposite sides of the piece over which it extends, so that the drainplatc can be turned down upon the outside of the holder when it is desired to wash or clean the same without any danger of the drain-plate being mislaid or lost.

The improvement further consists in the novel features presently to be described, claimed, and shown in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a scapholder constructed in accordance with and embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a cross-seo tion on the lineXXof Fig. 1; Fig. 3, alongitudinal section on the line y y of Fig. 1, showing the drain-plate turned down upon the outside of the holder by dotted lines.

The soap-holder is composed of the ends A and A', closed by the sides B B and the bottom B2, the hook C, and the drain-plate D. The ends are slightly widened on each side (No model.)

near their top, forming the shoulders b. The sides B and B have offsets d and d formed therein, respectively, which fit about theshoulders b and are located diametrically opposite to each other, and serve as supports forgthe drain-plate. The hook C extends the entire length of the holder, and by reason of its flexibility can readily adapt itself to any vessel.

The hook C, the sides B and B', the offsets d and d', and the bottom B2 are made of asingle piece of sheet material, and the only seams necessary are those between the ends and the sides and bottom.

The drain-plate D is slightly arched, being elevated near its middle and sloping in each direction from said elevated portion. It is imperforate and corrugated in the direction of its length and slope. The soap rests upon the ridges or corrugations, and the water drains off between the corrugations. There are no openings to become cloggedand retain particles of soap, which would be the case if the plate were foraminous, hence it can be more readily kept clean.

The wire keeper E extends over the edge of the holder and its ends are attached to the opposite sides of the portion over which it extends, as shown, which is the end A. It passes through an Opening, e, near one end of the draiirplate, and is for the purpose of forming a positive connection between the drainplate and the holder. The opposite end of the drain-plateis provided with the thumb-piece e'.

In practice the soap-holder can be attached to any vessel in the ordinary manner-that is, by passing the hook thereof over the edge of said vessel. The drainings will pass into the pit beneath the drain-plate, from which they can be removed from time to time, as occasion may require, by detaching the holder and tripping it over. Vhen it is desired to clean the interior of the holder, the drain-plate is turned down upon the outside, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. A s0ap-holder composed of the ends, the bottom, sides, hook, and offsets in the sides formed of a single piece of sheet material, and the drain-plate supported upon the offsets and ICO consisting'of an iniperforate piece arched near its middle and corrugated in the direction of its slope, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the soap-holder and the drain plate, of the keeper passed through an opening in the end of the drainplate and extended over the edge of the holder, and secured to the opposite sides of that portion of the holder over which it extends, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. rlhe herein shown and described soapholder, composed of the ends having shoulders near their upper edges, the bottom, sides, and hook made of a single piece 0f sheet material,

Witnesses:

IsAAc CAHILL, GEORGE MoDoNALD. 

